Most importantly, education information stored in PeopleSoft applications refers to confidential data by its nature (e.g., individually identifiable student and staff records) and de jure, must be protected from all parties who do not have proper rights to use it (e.g., FERPA).

PeopleSoft vulnerability management

Nonetheless, due to the complexity and customization, PeopleSoft applications are imperfect in terms of cybersecurity and prone to many cyber attacks.

That is to say, a fraudster is able to use education information for falsifying different financial data (e.g., donations, grants, tuition fees), substituting documents, recruiting and admitting applicants, and changing student grades.

Each time, cybersecurity researchers find increasing number of loopholes urging the vendor to release updates. For instance, Oracle issued a total of 66 fixes the previous year.

In the same vein, hackers frequently take advantage of vulnerabilities, that’s why it’s essential for any organization to address PeopleSoft vulnerability management.

Why EdGuards for PeopleSoft vulnerability management?

The company is intended to solve PeopleSoft security problems specific to the education industry. It provides a comprehensive view of the entire infrastructure weaknesses, potential risks, and recommendations in a timely manner to improve the cybersecurity score of an organization.

EdGuards Grader is the only solution that combines security assessment of four most important application security areas. They are vulnerabilities, configuration, customization, access control.

The solution provides analytical and remediation details and is capable of high-level trend analysis and task delegation.

The Grader is an award-winning solution in numerous nominations.

Moreover, EdGuards experts support the EGNews project and collaborate with Oracle and EDUCAUSE.